Industrial Design in Vietnam

On November 22, 2024, in Riyadh, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) officially adopted the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT). This is a historical milestone aimed at establishing common standards for the application and management of industrial designs, helping designers protect their work internationally more easily, quickly, and cost-effectively....

Before the NOIP issues any of notices specified at Point 17.1.a of this Circular, an applicant may request the NOIP to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

1. General provisions on renewal of validity of protection titles Industrial design patents shall have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 5 years after the filing date and may be renewed for two consecutive terms, each of 5 years. Request for renewal of...

1. Minimum documents - 02 Declaration for registration which are typed according to form No. 03-KDCN Appendix A of Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN; - 01 copy of the industrial design description; . - 04 sets of photos or 04 sets of drawings of an industrial design. - Fee and charge receipts. 2. Other documents (if...

SBLAW would like to provide the client the legal procedure to register industrial design in Vietnam as follows: 1. Procedure  Protection criteria: A industrial design shall be eligible for protection in the form of the grant of a Patent for Industrial Design when it satisfies the following conditions: Being novel Being of an inventive...

The applicant may divide,on his/her own initiative or upon the request of the NOIP,his/her application (division and transfer of one or several technical solutions in an invention registration application[...]

In order to register your industrial design in Vietnam, We would like the Power of Attorney (POA) from your firm[...]

Amendment and supplementation of Industrial design applications are carried out as follows:

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design[...]

Before the NOIP issues a notice of its refusal to grant a protection title or a decision on the grant of a protection title[...]

Filing the Vietnam Industrial design application is carried out as following:

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design registration application include a description and a set of photos or drawings of such industrial design[...]

On the date of expiration of the time limit for substantive examination of an application at the latest,the NOIP shall send to the applicant one of the following notices[...]

Use of an industrial design is regulated by Vietnam IP law as follows: